News and Media Relations

July 21, 2013

Donor Dash highlights need for organ donors – KUSA-TV NBC 9News, Denver

More than 2,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming are in need of lifesaving organ donations. On Sunday, the Donor Dash highlighted the need, and the payoff, of organ donations.

Watch more on the 14th annual Donor Dash here.

July 16, 2013

Transplant patient uses ‘Donor Dash’ to encourage organ donations – KCNC-TV CBS 4, Denver

Thousands of people will gather this Sunday in Washington Park for the annual “Donor Dash.” Among them will be Scott Pinkney, a man from Northglenn who is nearly 2 years out from a liver transplant.

Watch Scott’s story as he gets ready for the Donor Dash. 

May 8, 2013

Donation awareness walk a success – Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming

A donation awareness walk hosted by Wyoming Medical Center on April 27 was a success.

Read more about the Casper event here.

April 25, 2013

Mother saved two lives by donating her daughter’s organs – KRDO-TV News Channel 13, Colorado Springs

Jennifer Sheriff made the decision to donate her baby’s organs when doctors told her the baby had no brain activity. Sheriff said the decision to allow her daughter to help others  helped give her daughter’s short life a purpose.

Watch baby Alexa’s story here.

April 19, 2013

Reminding people to Donate Life – KUSA-TV NBC 9 News, Denver

April marks National Donate Life Month – a time to focus on the lifesaving potential of organ, eye and tissue donations. Tissue transplant recipient Joseph Gutierrez from Littleton spoke to 9NEWS about why transplants are so important.

Watch Joseph’s story on 9 News here.

April 15, 2013

Donation Conversations – 810 AM Cassandra Perkins Show, Denver

Hear Cassandra Perkins talk donation with donor mom Babette Canacari, kidney recipient Anne Mukhar and Donor Alliance representative Andrea Smith.

April 12, 2013

Colorado woman awaiting kidney transplant encourages donor registration – Denver Post, Denver YourHub

April, which is National Donate Life Month, has special meaning to one Colorado woman who is hoping that one day her life will be saved and healed by a generous stranger.

April 9, 2013

Show Your Heart: Supporters of Organ, Eye & Tissue Donation Sweep 16th St. Mall – BioPortfolio

On April 19, in celebration of National Donate Life Month and National Donate Life Blue and Green Day, hundreds of advocates for organ, eye and tissue donation will perform a “sweep” of the 16th Street Mall, delivering the message that donation and transplantation saves lives and reminding Denverites to register as donors.

Read about the NDLM event in the world’s leading biotech, healthcare and medical resource.

April 9, 2013

Family gives the gift of life – KKCO-TV NBC 11, Grand Junction

In a time of tragedy, a Grand Junction family made an audacious decision to give the gift of life when their young son died.

February 12, 2013

Organ Donations on the Rise – KCWY-TV NBC 13 News Casper, Wyoming

Each organ donor’s impact is huge for the nearly 150 Wyoming residents currently on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant.

Watch the piece on organ donation in Wyoming